NGC 6302, a butterfly-shaped nebula surrounding a dying star (top left). A clash among members of galactic grouping Stephan's Quintet (top right). A portrait of 100,000 stars in the core of globular cluster Omega Centauri (bottom left). A pillar of star birth in the Carina Nebula (bottom right).

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